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Recreating Tolstoy on film

24 October 2004, 18:00 PM
LIFESTYLE
By Cultural Correspondent
24 October 2004, 18:00 PM
Audrey Hepburn in War and Peace
Anna KareninaandWar and Peace. Mention these great literary classics and one automatically thinks of their author, Leo Tolstoy--the Great Russian novelist, philosopher, and religious insurgent. Tolstoy is often regarded as the earliest proponent of non-violent protest and the origin of much of that doctrine's ethical strength. His personal life was as tumultuous as one of his novels. He fathered 13 children with his wife, Sonya Behrs; their life together evolved from bliss to disaster. Tolstoy wrote innumerable short stories, essays, tracts, and plays while best known today for his novelsWar and PeaceandAnna Karenina. He lived from 1828 to 1910.

Dhaka Film Society (DFS) -- the film wing of Centre for Asian Arts and Cultures (CAAC) is set to organise a special film-session and workshop titled Tolstoy in Film, which is the fourth of the series of special film workshops focusing on film-history, film-genres and filmmakers.

Films based on Anna Karenina and War and Peace, will be screened and discussed at the workshop that is to be held at the office of DFS on October 28 and 29 at 6:30pm. Salimullah Khan will lead the discussion on the literary works of Leo Tolstoy and the films screened.

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People who are keen to participate in the workshop are requested to enrol their name by October 27, at the office of Dhaka Film Society, 62 Science Laboratory Road (1st Floor), Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205, phone: 0189-296787.

As a part of the workshop, in co-operation with Russian Centre of Science & Culture (RCSC), DFS will organise a film session titled Tolstoy in Film, which will be held on October 26 and 27 at the auditorium of RCSC (address: House-510, Road-7, Dhanmondi, Dhaka). Film screening is open to all.

The schedule of the film screening is On October 26, Tuesday Anna Karenina (Ballet Dance, M. Pilikhina, 1974) at 3:00pm and Anna Karenina (Feature, Alexander Zarkhi, 1967) at 4:30pm and on October 27, Wednesday War and Peace (King Vidor, 1956) at 3:30pm. There will be a break in the screening, everyday, from 5:30pm to 6:30pm for Iftar.